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Contribution: Contributions - Bilateral Programming

The Carter Center

$15,000,000.00

Renewed Women's and Voice Leadership – DRC

EF 2024-25 · 2025-03-04

Résumé
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding, strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements, as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to LBTQI+ communities, women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.
Programme
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Atlanta, US
Type de bénéficiaire
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

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Additional Information
Belated reporting.
Additional Information (French)
Rapport tardif.
Agreement End Date
2032-03-31
Agreement Number
7465934 P013487001
Agreement Start Date
2025-03-04
Agreement Title
Renewed Women's and Voice Leadership – DRC
Agreement Title (French)
Voix et leadership des femmes renouvelé – RDC
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$15,000,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
This project is part of Canada’s Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Program. It supports local and regional women’s rights organizations (WROs), lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex plus (LBTQI+) groups and feminist networks working to promote the rights of women and girls and advance gender equality globally. It provides multi-year core funding and rapid responsive funding, strengthens institutional capacity and bolsters feminist movements, as WROs and feminist movements are critical change agents. The Program continues to respond to the globally recognized and significant gap in funding and support for WROs and feminist movements worldwide. It includes enhanced support for WROs, LBTQI+ organizations, and women human rights defenders (WHRDs) working in crisis- and conflict-affected settings and a more intentional approach to reaching structurally excluded groups. This includes but is not limited to LBTQI+ communities, women and girls with disabilities, Indigenous women and girls and young feminists.
Description (French)
Ce projet fait partie du programme Voix et leadership des femmes renouvelé (VLFR) du Canada. Il appuie les organisations locales et régionales de défense des droits des femmes (ODDFs), les groupes lesbiennes, bisexuels, transgenres, queers et intersexes plus (LBTQI+) et les mouvements féministes qui œuvrent pour les droits des femmes et des filles, et l'égalité des genres à l’échelle mondiale. Il fournit un financement de base pluriannuel et un financement rapide et réactif, renforce les capacités institutionnelles et consolide les alliances féministes, car les organisations de femmes et leurs réseaux sont des agents essentiels de changement. Le programme continue de répondre à un manque de financement et d’appui important mondialement reconnu et soutient les ODDFs et les mouvements féministes à travers le monde. Le programme VLF renouvelé inclut un soutien accru aux ODDF, aux organisations LBTQI+ et aux organisations de femmes défenseurs des droits des femmes (FDDFs) qui travaillent dans des contextes de crise et de conflit, ainsi qu'une approche plus intentionnelle pour rejoindre les groupes structurellement exclus. Outre les communautés LBTQI+, cela inclut les femmes et les filles vivant avec un handicap, les femmes et filles autochtones ainsi que les jeunes féministes.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) strengthened the organizational viability of local WROs and LBTQI+ groups to fulfill their gender equality mandate; (2) increased the programmatic performance and advocacy efforts of women's rights organizations to promote gender equality and empower women, girls, and gender non-conforming individuals; and (3) enhanced the effectiveness of subnational, national, regional, and global platforms, networks, and alliances defending women's rights to influence political, legal, and social changes.
Expected Results (French)
Les résultats escomptés de ce projet comprennent : 1) le renforcement de la viabilité organisationnelle des groupes locaux ODDFs et LBTQI+ à remplir leur mandat en matière d'égalité des genres; 2) l'accroissement du rendement des programmes et des efforts de plaidoyer des organisations de droits des femmes en vue de promouvoir l’égalité des genres et de renforcer le pouvoir des femmes, des filles et des personnes de genre non conforme; 3) le renforcement de l’efficacité des plateformes, réseaux et alliances infranationales, nationales, régionales et globales de défense des droits des femmes pour influer sur les changements politiques, juridiques et sociaux
Organization Code
dfatd-maecd
Organization
Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Program Name
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Program Name (French)
Contribution Programmation bilatérale
Program Purpose
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.
Program Purpose (French)
L’objectif princial du programme d’aide au développement international du Ministère est de réduire la pauvreté pour les populations qui vivent dans les pays où Affaires mondiales Canada se livre au développement international.
Recipient City
Atlanta
Recipient Country
US
Recipient Legal Name
The Carter Center
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
064-2024-2025-Q4-0265